Schoolwomen of the prairies and plains personal narratives from Iowa, Kansas, and Nebraska, 1860s-1920s
Soon after the open spaces of Kansas, Nebraska, and Iowa were settled in the mid 1800s by immigrants from the eastern United States and Europe, county schools were established in the region. By the 1890s these states boasted the highest rates of literacy in the United States. This study examines the...
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| Formato: | Libro |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Albuquerque :
The University of New Mexico Press
[1998]
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| Edición: | Second paperbound printing, 1998 |
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- Part I: The educational and historical setting: The schoolwomen of the prairies and plains, 1860s-1920s ; Educating the schoolwomen of the heartland ; The social and physical landscape of the schoolwomen's living conditions ; Teaching and learning in the schools of the prairies and plains
- Part II: Seeing the context, hearing the voice, introduction to five lives: "A sense of unity," Nancy Rebecca Higgins Gaddis, Missouri, 1862-1875; Nebraska, 1875-1942 ; "Greater usefulness in my calling," Sarah Jane Price, Ohio, 1841-1843; Indiana, 1843-1874; Iowa, 1874-1876; Nebraska, 1876-1920 ; "To be a teacher," Sarah Gillespie Huftalen, Iowa, 1885-1955 ; "Attaining my lifelong ambition," Bessie M. Tucker Gilmer, Nebraska, 1898-1992 ; "Teachers are leaders," Ethel Hale Russel, Nebraska, 1895-1916; Idaho, 1916-1917; Utah, 1917-1919; Iowa, 1919-1922; and Michigan, 1922-
- Epilogue: "They left their mark"
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